History
The Order of Sikatuna is an order of diplomatic merit conferred upon individuals who have rendered exceptional and meritorious services to the Republic of the Philippines; upon diplomats, officials, and nationals of foreign states who have rendered conspicuous service in fostering, developing, and strengthening relations between their country and the Philippines; or upon personnel of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), both in the home office and in the foreign service. Together with the Philippine Legion of Honor and the Order of Lakandula, the Order of Sikatuna is one of the three senior honors of the Republic.
The Order of Sikatuna was established by President Elpidio Quirino as the “Ancient Order of Sikatuna,” through Executive Order No. 571, dated February 27, 1953, in commemoration of the first treaty between the Philippines and a foreign country. The original four-rank composition (Raja, Lakan, Maginoo, and Maharlika) was expanded by Presidents Diosdado Macapagal through Executive Order No. 24, s. 1962, and by Ferdinand E. Marcos through Executive Order No. 174, s. 1969. In 2003, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo reformed the Philippine system of orders, medals and decorations through Executive Order No. 236, s. 2003, which established the Honors Code of the Philippines. The Honors Code renamed the Order as simply the “Order of Sikatuna,” clarifying its protocular standing and its ranks.
The Order of Sikatuna may also be awarded by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the name and by authority of the President.
Description of the Rank of Raja or Grand Collar of the Order of Sikatuna:
Designed by Gilbert Perez, the badge of the Order of Sikatuna is a Maltese cross in gilt and red and white enamel. The circular center medallion of white enamel depicts two arms, one gauntleted in European-style and the other in tortoiseshell mail; both hold daggers that drop blood into a cup resting on a parchment scroll—a stylized rendition of the Blood Compact made between Raja Sikatuna of Bohol and the Spanish conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legaspi in 1565. Above the two arms is the eight-rayed Philippine sun. Philippine sea-lions emerge above stylized blue waves on either gilt or silver rays between the arms of the cross. On the reverse of the badge is the seal of the President of the Philippines. The badge is suspended from a sampaguita wreath in enamel and connected to a grand collar of gilt silver. The two central links of the collar at front and back feature the coat-of-arms of the Republic of the Philippines, and eighteen further links feature alternately—in gilt and blue, yellow and white enamel—the Philippine sun emerging above stylized waves, the Philippine sea-lion likewise emerging above stylized waves, and the baton of authority over a treaty parchment.
The badge and collar have a metallic composition of 95% silver and 5% copper. The ribbon of the Order is red, with yellow side stripes, thin white edges, and a thin blue stripe through the center, and is made of Philippine cotton hand-woven by a cooperative foundation in Bontoc, Mountain Province, in Northern Luzon. The decoration also includes a miniature and ribbon bar, which bears a grand sunburst with two large demi-barettes, and a grand lapel rosette bearing two large gold demi-barettes. The set is manufactured by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Mint, which exclusively manufactures the Honors of the Republic.
Ranks
● Grand Collar (Raja) – Conferred upon a former or incumbent head of state and/or of government
● Grand Cross (Datu) – The Grand Cross shall have two (2) distinctions: (i) Gold (Katangiang Ginto) and (ii) Silver (Katangiang Pilak). The Grand Cross may be conferred upon a crown prince, vice president, senate president, speaker of the house, chief justice or the equivalent; a foreign minister or other official of cabinet rank, ambassador, undersecretary, assistant secretary, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing.
● Grand Officer (Maringal na Lakan) – Conferred upon a charge d’affaires, e.p., minister, minister counselor, consul general heading a consular post, executive director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
● Commander (Lakan) – Conferred upon a charge d’affaires a.i., counselor, first secretary, consul general in the consular section of an embassy, consular officer with a personal rank higher than second secretary, director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
● Officer (Maginoo) – Conferred upon a second secretary, consul, assistant director, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing. Before any Filipino government official or employee may be entitled to the award, he must have a minimum of six years service in the government.
● Member (Maharlika) – Conferred upon a third secretary, vice consul, attaché, principal assistant, or other person of a rank similar or equivalent to the foregoing
Selected roster of awardees
Rank of Raja
Magsaysay Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Pibul Songram |
Prime Minister of Thailand |
April 14, 1955 |
|
Ngo Dinh Diem |
President of South Vietnam |
October 13, 1956 |
|
Norodom Sihanouk |
King of Cambodia |
January 30, 1956 |
Garcia Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek |
President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)kai |
May 2, 1960 |
|
Dwight Eisenhower |
President of the United States of America |
June 16,1960 |
Macapagal Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Yang Di Pertuan Agong III (Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tuanku Syed Putra Ibni Al-Marhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail) |
King of Malaysia |
February 10, 1961 |
|
Akihito |
Crown Prince of Japan |
November 10, 1962 |
|
Generalissimo Francisco Franco |
Head of the Spanish State |
July 4, 1962 |
|
Antonio Segni
|
President of Italy |
July 6, 1962 |
|
Heinrich Luebke
|
President of Germany |
September 18, 1963 |
|
Philibert Tsiranana |
President of Malagasy Republic |
August 6, 1964 |
Marcos Administration
| Name | Position | Date |
| Hirohito | Emperor of Japan | September 28, 1966 |
| Soeharto | President of Indonesia | January 2, 1968 |
| Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | King of Nepal | April 22, 1971 |
| Lee Kwan Yew | Prime Minister of Singapore | May 15, 1974 |
| Kakuei Tanaka | Prime Minister of Japan | January 7, 1974 |
| Juan Carlos de Borbon | Prince of Spain | February 18, 1974 |
| Nicolae Ceausescu | President of Romania | April 9, 1975 |
| Dr. Benjamin Henry Sheares | President of Singapore | January 27, 1976 |
| Hussein Bin Talal | King of Jordan | March 1,1976 |
| Kringsak Chomanan | Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand | February 20, 1978 |
| Fra’ Angelo de Mojana di Cologna | Prince and Grandmaster of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | February 2, 1979 |
| Soedarmono | Ambassador of Indonesia | June 25, 1981 |
| Yasuhiro Nakasone | Prime Minister of Japan | May 6, 1983 |
C. Aquino Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Raul Ricardo Alfonsin |
President of Argentina |
July 17, 1986 |
|
Virgilio Barco Vargas |
President of the Republic of Colombia |
September 14, 1987 |
|
Mohammad Khan Junejo |
Prime Minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
May 27, 1988 |
|
Francesco Cossiga |
President of the Republic of Italy |
June 16, 1988 |
|
Bolkiah Yang Di Pertuan |
Sultan of Negara Brunei Darussalam |
August 29, 1988 |
|
Francois Mitterrand |
President of France |
July 11, 1989 |
Ramos Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Chuan Leekpai |
Prime Minister of Thailand |
March 24, 1993 |
|
Kim Young Sam |
President of South Korea |
November 10, 1994 |
|
Yang Di Pertuan Agong X (Tuanku Ja’afar Ibni Al Marhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman) |
King of Malaysia |
January 21, 1995 |
|
Ernesto Perez Balladares |
President of Panama |
September 18, 1995 |
|
Carlos Saul Menem |
President of Argentina |
October 6, 1995 |
|
Eduardo Frei Ruiz Tagle |
President of Chile |
November 20, 1995 |
|
Konstantinos Stephanopolous |
President of Greece |
June 23, 1997 |
Estrada Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Jaime Cardinal Sin |
Archbishop of Manila |
May 13, 1999 |
|
Ali Alatas |
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Indonesia |
August 9, 1999 |
Arroyo Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Sheikh Sulman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa |
Prime Minister of the State of Bahrain |
November 7, 2001 |
|
Rodolfo Severino |
ASEAN Secretary-General |
November 13, 2001 |
|
Ion Iliescu |
President of Romania |
February 19, 2002 |
|
Naruhito |
Crown Prince of Japan |
December 3, 2002 |
|
George W. Bush |
President of the United States of America |
October 18, 2003 |
|
Ban Ki Moon |
UN Secretary-General |
October 30, 2008 |
B. Aquino III Administration
|
Barack Obama |
President of the United States of America |
April 28, 2014 |
|
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
President of Indonesia |
March 23, 2015 |
Rank of Datu
Marcos Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Han Lih-wu |
Ambassador of the Republic of China (Taiwan) |
January 6, 1968 |
|
Ahmed Abou Zei |
Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates |
August 12, 1968 |
|
Francisco Garcia |
Ambassador of Mexico |
August 12, 1968 |
|
Dr. Stephen Zuellig |
Consul A.H. of the Philippines to Monaco |
|
|
Narciso Ramos |
Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
1970 |
|
Dante Matacotta |
Ambassador of Italy |
April 26, 1971 |
|
Khurram Khan Panni |
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
September 6, 1971 |
|
Haji Da’Acob Bin Mohamed |
Ambassador of Singapore |
September 6, 1971 |
|
Julio Menimo Salcedas |
Ambassador of Portugal |
May 3, 1972 |
|
Hashim bin Sultan |
Ambassador of Malaysia |
July 18, 1972 |
|
Yong Shik Kim |
Foreign Minister of The Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
August 23, 1972 |
|
Maraden Panggabean |
Indonesian Minister for Defense and Security |
September 1, 1972 |
|
Quintin Jermy Gwyn |
Grand Chancellor of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta |
September 14, 1972 |
|
Zilah Mafra Peixoto |
Ambassador of Brazil |
October 13, 1972 |
|
Goh Keng Swee |
Minister of Defense of Singapore |
March 16, 1973 |
|
Monsignor Carmine Rocco |
Papal Nuncio |
July 10, 1973 |
|
Chatichai Choonkhavan |
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand |
July 19, 1973 |
|
Adel Abdel Hamid Fadel |
Ambassador of Egypt |
July 26, 1973 |
|
Luigi Martelli |
Ambassador of Italy |
July 26, 1973 |
|
Bob Josef Lebacq |
Ambassador of Belgium |
August 20, 1973 |
|
Eduardo Arturo Novaro |
Ambassador of Argentina |
January 29, 1974 |
|
Ernesto Madero |
Ambassador of Mexico |
March 5, 1974 |
|
Swate Komalabhuti |
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand |
May 24, 1974 |
|
Toshio Urabe |
Ambassador of Japan |
July 16, 1974 |
|
Datuk Ahmad Zainal Abidin |
Ambassador of Malaysia |
September 5, 1974 |
|
Alhaji A.B. N’jie |
Ambassador of Gambia |
September 6, 1974 |
|
Baron Jobst von Buddenbrocke |
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany |
October 23, 1974 |
|
Dong Jo Kim |
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
February 21, 1975 |
|
Nicolas Martin Alonso |
Ambassador of Spain |
June 20, 1975 |
|
Kukrit Pramoj |
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand |
July 10, 1975 |
|
Manuel Perez Guerrero |
Former United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Secretary-General |
February 6, 1976 |
|
Chi Ryang Chang |
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
May 20, 1976 |
|
Fernando J. Taurel |
Ambassador of Argentina |
June 10, 1976 |
|
El Hadj Omar Bongo |
President of the Republic of Gabon |
July 8, 1976 |
|
Sheikh Abdul Wahab Wase |
Minister of Pilgrimage and Endowment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
February 9, 1977 |
|
Jamiluddin Hassan |
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
November 28, 1977 |
|
Dr. Lazar Mojsov |
Deputy Foreign Minister of Yugoslavia and President of the United Nations General Assembly |
September 3, 1978 |
|
Aquil Mohammed Aquil |
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
December 1, 1978 |
|
Filip Tomulescu |
Ambassador of Romania |
August 21, 1979 |
|
Guillermo Corona |
Ambassador of Mexico |
January 9, 1980 |
|
Mocktar Kusumaatmadja |
Foreign Minister of Indonesia |
January 23, 1980 |
|
Yung Kyoo Kang |
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
May 23, 1980 |
|
Shiek Ahmed Zaki Yamani |
Oil Minister of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
December 24, 1980 |
|
Joachim Pallard |
Ambassador of Gabon |
January 15, 1981 |
|
Mohammed Yusof bin Zainal |
Ambassador of the Federation of Malaysia |
January 15, 1981 |
|
Valerian Mikhailov |
Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) |
July 10, 1981 |
|
Taha Muhyiddin Marouf |
Vice President of Iraq |
January 22, 1982 |
|
Saud bin Naif Abdulaziz |
Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
March 17, 1982 |
|
Lauro Soutello Alves |
Ambassador of Brazil |
November 8, 1982 |
|
Mohammed Farouk El Hennawy |
Ambassador of Egypt |
November 25, 1982 |
|
Joaquin Garcia Bernal |
Ambassador of Mexico |
January 6, 1983 |
|
Christian T.T. Thurkow |
Ambassador of the Netherlands |
February 16, 1983 |
|
Siddhi Savetsila |
Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand |
May 23, 1983 |
|
Taha Yassin Ramadhan |
First Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq |
May 26, 1983 |
|
Fauzi Bin Abdul Majeed Shoboksi |
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
October 10, 1983 |
|
Mo Yanzhong |
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China |
June 15, 1984 |
|
Hisham Tabaqchali |
Ambassador of Iraq |
July 19, 1984 |
|
Bhichai Rattakul |
Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand |
August 2, 1984 |
|
Hoang Hoan Nginh |
Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
August 15, 1984 |
|
Klaus Snellman |
Ambassador of the Republic of Finland |
August 29, 1984 |
|
Hugo Carlos Bonnet |
Ambassador of Argentina |
August 29, 1984 |
|
Won Kyung Lee |
Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
December 11, 1984 |
|
Wu Xuequian |
Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China |
April 19, 1985 |
|
Lt. Gen. Aftab Ahmad Khan |
Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
1986 |
C. Aquino Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Harun-Ur Rashid |
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh |
May 15, 1986 |
|
Dr. Kurt Merkel |
Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic |
July 1, 1986 |
|
Awang Ahmad Bin Pehin Orang Kaya Di Gadong Seri Diraya Dato Laila Itama Awang Haji Mohammad Yussof |
Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam |
July 15, 1986 |
|
Dante Caputo |
Minister of External Relations and Religious Affairs of the Argentine Republic |
July 17, 1986 |
|
Abdul Aziz Bin Mahmood |
Ambassador of the Republic of Singapore |
July 21, 1986 |
|
Pedro Ortiz Armengol |
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Spain |
December 16, 1986 |
|
Datuk Ismail Budin |
Ambassador of Malaysia |
January 2, 1987 |
|
Jose D. Ingles |
Undersecretary and Ambassador of the Department of Foreign Affairs |
February 26, 1987 |
|
Jose S. Laurel III |
Ambassador |
February 26, 1987 |
|
Salvador P. Lopez |
Ambassador |
February 26, 1987 |
|
Emmanuel Pelaez |
Ambassador |
February 26, 1987 |
|
Luis Moreno-Salcedo |
Ambassador |
February 26, 1987 |
|
Chang Hoon Kim |
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea |
March 12, 1987 |
|
Stephen Bosworth |
Ambassador of the United States of America |
March 30, 1987 |
|
Joayrton Martins Cahu |
Ambassador of the Republic of Brazil |
June 23, 1987 |
|
Pasi Rutanen |
Ambassador of Finland |
July 7, 1987 |
|
Jacques Leclerc |
Ambassador of the Republic of France |
July 23, 1987 |
|
Cecilia Nettlebrandt |
Ambassador of Sweden |
August 25, 1987 |
|
Mieger Hellema |
Ambassador of the Netherlands |
September 24, 1987 |
|
Fortunato Isasi Cayo |
Ambassador of the Republic of Peru |
November 26, 1987 |
|
Knut Moerkved |
Ambassador of Norway |
December 22, 1987 |
|
Kiyoshi Sumiya |
Ambassador of Japan |
February 16, 1988 |
|
Chen Songlu |
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China |
May 30, 1988 |
|
Guilio Andreotti |
Acting Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy |
June 16, 1988 |
|
Hiroshi Nakajima |
Regional Director of the World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region |
July 14, 1988 |
|
Luu Dinh Ve |
Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
August 11, 1988 |
|
Carlos Lopez Contreras |
Minister for External Relations of the Republic of Honduras |
September 5, 1988 |
|
Meir Gavish |
Ambassador of Israel |
September 6, 1988 |
|
Armando Cantu |
Ambassador of the United Mexican States |
September 27, 1988 |
|
Dr. Ahmed Beita Yusuf |
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Nigeria |
February 17, 1989 |
|
Jae Suk Ahn |
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea |
February 13, 1989 |
|
John Scott Holloway |
Ambassador of Australia |
February 17, 1989 |
|
Milos Beljic |
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
March 9, 1989 |
|
Shujaat Hasan Khan |
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
June 20, 1989 |
|
Eberhard Kunz |
Ambassador of the German Democratic Republic |
October 19, 1989 |
|
Enrique Benjamin Vieyra |
Ambassador of the Republic of Argentina |
October 30, 1989 |
|
Sompongse Faichampa |
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand |
December 14, 1989 |
|
Abel Matutes |
Member of the Commission of the European Communities, Kingdom of Spain |
January 26, 1990 |
|
Carlos Desgroux Camus |
Ambassador of the Republic of Chile |
February 15, 1990 |
|
Ana Amria Gonzalez Suarez |
Ambassador of the Republic of Cuba |
May 17, 1990 |
|
Pengiran Mustapha Bin Pengiran Metassan |
Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam |
May 25, 1990 |
|
Bruno Torpigliani |
Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See |
May 29, 1990 |
|
Don Francisco Fernandez Ordonez |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain |
June 25, 1990 |
|
Pieter Frans Christiaan Koch |
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands |
August 2, 1990 |
|
Dr. Otmar Koler |
Ambassador of the Republic of Austria |
August 13, 1990 |
|
Ahmed Fouad Hosny |
Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt |
August 23, 1990 |
|
Tsuneo Tanaka |
Ambassador of Japan |
October 16, 1990 |
|
Oleg Mickailovich Sokolov |
Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
November 15, 1990 |
|
Enrique Silva Cimma |
Foreign Minister of Chile |
November 16, 1990 |
|
Timno J. Jalkanen |
Ambassador of the Republic of Finland |
January 10, 1991 |
|
Abel Matutes |
Member f the Commission of the European Communities |
January 26, 1991 |
|
Jacques Le Blanc |
Ambassador of the Republic of France |
February 19, 1991 |
|
Raymundo Nonnato Loyola de Castro |
Ambassador of the Federative Republic of Brazil |
April 25, 1991 |
|
Nicholas Platt |
Ambassador of the United States of America |
July 18, 1991 |
|
Abdul Mannaf |
Ambassador of Bangladesh |
July 30, 1991 |
|
Enrique Romeu Ramos |
Ambassador of of Spain |
August 15, 1991 |
|
Hand Fredrik Gronwall |
Ambassador of Sweden |
September 16, 1991 |
|
Soewarso Hardjosoedarmo |
Ambassador of of Indonesia |
Ramos Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Yaov Behiri |
Ambassador of Israel |
July 7, 1992 |
|
Jung Ki Ro |
Ambassador of Korea |
January 4, 1993 |
|
Pablo R. Suarez (posthumous) |
Ambassador of the Philippines |
June 30, 1993 |
|
Nicanor T. Jimenez |
Ambassador of the Philippines |
June 30, 1993 |
|
Juan M. Areglado |
Ambassador of the Philippines |
June 30, 1993 |
|
Paduka Hamid Bin Jaafar |
Ambassador of Brunei |
June 30, 1993 |
|
Ramon V. del Rosario, Sr. |
Ambassador of the Philippines |
July 25, 1993 |
|
Alejandro Horacio Pineiro |
Ambassador of Argentina |
November 6, 1993 |
|
Edward Lee Kwang Foo |
Ambassador of Singapore |
November 29, 1993 |
|
Hirokazu Arai |
Ambassador of Japan |
March 3, 1994 |
|
Fouad Hasan Faki |
Ambassador of Saudi Arabia |
April 27, 1994 |
|
Peter Scholz |
Ambassador of Germany |
May 10, 1994 |
|
Jose Luiz Martin Portal |
Ambassador of Cuba |
June 24, 1994 |
|
Juan Prat |
Director General of the European Union |
July 24, 1994 |
|
Kamal Bahgat Abdel Motaal |
Ambassador of Egypt |
August 26, 1994 |
|
Olivier Gaussot |
Ambassador of France |
October 21, 1994 |
|
Guenter Gallowitsch |
Ambassador of Austria |
October 26, 1994 |
|
Lars Tangeraas |
Ambassador of Norway |
October 27, 1994 |
|
Harle Freeman-Greene |
Ambassador of New Zealand |
December 2, 1994 |
|
Prince Mohammad Bin Talal |
January 2, 1995 |
|
|
Chang Soo-Lee |
Ambassador of Korea |
January 10, 1995 |
|
Shimon Peres |
Foreign Minister of Israel |
February 23, 1995 |
|
Felipe de Borbon y Grecia |
Crown Prince (Principe de Asturias) of Spain |
April 2, 1995 |
|
Juan Solana Madriaga |
Foreign Minister of Spain |
April 4, 1995 |
|
Roberto R. Romulo |
Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs |
May 2, 1995 |
|
Erhan Yigitbasioglu |
Ambassador of Turkey |
May 15, 1995 |
|
Alan Everard Montgomery |
Ambassador of the United Kingdom |
May 18, 1995 |
|
Abdulazim Hashemi Nik |
Ambassador of Iran |
June 26, 1995 |
|
Dato Zainuddin Abdul Rahman |
Ambassador of Malaysia |
July 26, 1995 |
|
Johan Ballegeer |
Ambassador of Belgium |
August 10, 1995 |
|
Gabriel Lewis-Galindo |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Panama |
September 18, 1995 |
|
Guido Jose Mario di Tella |
Minister of External Relations and Worship of the Argentine Republic |
October 6, 1995 |
|
Pieter Damanik |
Ambassador of Indonesia |
October 12, 1995 |
|
Richard John Smith |
Ambassador of Australia |
July 5, 1996 |
|
Yoshifumi Matsuda |
Ambassador of Japan |
July 15, 1996 |
|
John D. Negroponte |
Ambassador of the United States of America |
August 2, 1996 |
|
Antonio Carlos Coelho de Rocha |
Ambassador of Brazil |
August 21, 1996 |
|
Christofer Gyllenstierna |
Ambassador of Sweden |
October 10, 1996 |
|
Vu Quang Diem |
Ambassador of Vietnam |
December 18, 1996 |
|
Oyvind Riseng |
Ambassador of Norway |
December 23, 1996 |
|
Noord Adlan Bin Yahayauddin |
Ambassador of Malaysia |
January 10, 1997 |
|
James L. P. Pokasui |
Ambassador of PNG |
March 21, 1997 |
|
Allesandro Serafini |
Ambassador of Italy |
July 7, 1997 |
|
Stephen Heeney |
Ambassador of Canada |
August 8, 1997 |
|
Karl Friedrich GAnsaeuer |
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany |
November 7, 1997 |
|
Colin Bell |
Ambassador of New Zealand |
December 29, 1997 |
|
Rodolfo Severino |
Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs |
December 29, 1997 |
|
Sorayouth Prompoj |
Ambassador of Thailand |
January 8, 1998 |
|
Stephen Zuellig |
Consul General ad honorem of the Philippines to Monaco |
March 9, 1998 |
|
Jose Cardinal Sanchez |
Member of the Roman Curia |
March 23, 1998 |
|
Alfonso Yuchengco |
Philippine Ambassador |
May 13, 1998 |
|
Dr. Helena Benitez |
Former Senator |
May 14, 1998 |
|
Apolinario Lozada |
Appointments Secretary |
June 15, 1998 |
|
Domingo Siazon |
Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
June 23, 1998 |
|
Rizalino Navarro |
Secretary of Trade and Industry |
June 23, 1998 |
Estrada Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Eric T. J. T. Kwint |
Ambassador of the Netherlands |
August 3, 1998 |
|
Adrian Charles Thorpe |
Ambassador of the United Kingdom |
November 24, 1998 |
|
Jose Miguel Insulza Salinas |
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Chile |
November 23, 1998 |
|
Guan Dengming |
Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China |
January 25, 1999 |
|
Dato Abd. Aziz Mohammed |
Ambassador of of Malaysia |
May 27, 1999 |
|
Bjarne Bladbjerg |
Ambassador of Denmark |
July 9, 1999 |
|
Mohammed Raeisi |
Ambassador of Iran |
July 22, 1999 |
|
Thomas Hubbard |
Ambassador of the United States of America |
October 4, 1999 |
|
U San Thein |
Ambassador of Myanmar |
December 9, 1999 |
|
Abu Hartono |
Ambassador of Indonesia |
December 13, 1999 |
|
Simon Tensing de Cruz |
Ambassador Singapore |
December 15, 1999 |
|
Azmat Ghayur |
Ambassador of Pakistan |
May 2, 1999 |
Arroyo Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Juan Antonio Samaranch |
Outgoing IOC President |
April 11, 2001 |
|
Archbishop Jean Louis Tauran |
Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See |
June 5, 2001 |
|
Shin Sung-oh |
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea |
August 20, 2001 |
|
Mohd. Arshad Manzoor Hussain |
Ambassador of Malaysia |
October 24, 2001 |
|
Yoshihisa Ara |
Ambassador of Japan |
April 15, 2002 |
|
Dato Paduka Haji Yahya bin Haji Harris |
Ambassador of Brunei Darussalam |
May 30, 2002 |
|
Anatoli Khmelnitski |
Ambassador of the Russian Federation |
July 3, 2002 |
|
Nguyen Thac Dinh |
Ambassador of Vietnam |
July 3, 2002 |
|
Saleh Mohammed Al Ghamdi
|
Ambassador of Saudi Arabia |
|
|
Morshed Khan |
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh |
November 14, 2003 |
|
Son Sang-Ha |
Ambassador of Korea |
February 24, 2004 |
|
Blas Ople |
Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
August, 2003 |
|
Morshed Khan |
Foreign Minister of Bangladesh |
November 15, 2003 |
|
Delia Albert |
Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
January 27, 2004 |
|
Kojiro Takano |
Ambassador of Japan |
October 14, 2004 |
|
Ek Sereywath |
Ambassador of Cambodia |
November 12, 2004 |
|
Hajah Maimunah Dato Paduka Haji Elias |
Ambassador of Brunei |
November 12, 2004 |
|
Albert del Rosario |
Ambassador to the U.S.A. |
July, 2004 |
|
Mohammad Mohsin |
Ambassador of Pakistan |
August, 2004 |
|
Francis J. Ricciardone, Jr. |
United States Ambassador |
May 12, 2005 |
|
Anthony John Hely |
Australian Ambassador to the Philippines |
26 February 2008 |
|
Hillary Clinton |
U.S. Secretary of State |
November 12, 2009 |
|
Manny Pacquiao |
November 20, |
|
|
Kristie Kenney |
United States Ambassador |
January 21, 2010 |
|
Republican Senator Richard Lugar, the United States |
B. Aquino III Administration
| Name | Position | Date |
| George Yeo | Foreign Minister of the Republic of Singapore | January 19, 2012 |
| Robert Gerard Brinks | Ambassador of the Netherlands to the Philippines | August 29, 2012 |
| Lee Hye-Min | Republic of Korea Ambassador to the Philippines | September 3, 2012 |
| Haruhiko Kuroda | Asian Development Bank (ADB) President | March 13, 2013 |
| Stephen Lillie | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Ambassador | July 2, 2013 |
| Nguyen Vu Tu | Vietnamese Ambassador to the Philippines | August 12, 2013 |
| Dr. Joachim Heidorn | German Ambassador to the Philippines | August 23, 2013. |
| Dr. Sadako Ogata | President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) | December 14, 2013 |
| Gilles Garachon | Ambassador of France to the Philippines | July 22, 2015 |
Rank of Lakan
Quirino Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Alberto Martin Artajo |
Foreign Minister of Spain |
March 8, 1953 |
Magsaysay Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Vo Van Mau |
Foreign Minister of South Vietnam |
October 13, 1956 |
Garcia Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Fr. Edwin Ronan |
Founder of AFP Chaplain corps |
November, 1957 |
Marcos Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
William McCormick Blair, Jr. |
Ambassador of the United States of America |
October 12, 1967 |
|
Heinrick Roehreke |
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany |
October 27, 1969 |
|
Takeshi Yasukawa |
Ambassador of Japan |
November 18, 1969 |
|
Gerardus Johannes Gissevelt |
Ambassador of the Netherlands |
November 28, 1969 |
|
H.S. Yun |
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) |
November 28, 1969 |
|
Jose Perez Arco |
Ambassador of Spain |
March 11, 1970 |
|
Federico Barrera Fuentes |
Ambassador of Mexico |
February 7, 1971 |
|
Virgilio Barco Vargas |
Executive Director of World Bank, future president of Colombia |
January 22, 1972 |
|
Sir Joel Asher, KBE AO |
Ambassador of Australia |
1975 |
|
Carl Albert |
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives |
C. Aquino Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Eudaldo Mirapeix Martinez |
Director General for North America and Asia of the Spanish Foreign Ministry |
June 25, 1990 |
|
Dr. Pratima Kale |
UNICEF Representative to the Philippines and the Pacific of the Republic of India |
August 20, 1990 |
Ramos Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Aisha Jimeta |
Ambassador of Nigeria |
December 10, 1992 |
|
Juha Puromies |
Ambassador of Finland |
June 29, 1993 |
|
Stephen Zuellig |
Consul-General of Monaco |
December 3, 1993 |
|
Lamber Jan Hanrath |
Ambassador of the Netherlands |
March 25, 1994 |
|
Hans Peter Strauch |
Ambassador of Switzerland |
May 10, 1995 |
|
Dumitri Mazilu |
CDA of Romania |
June 15, 1995 |
|
Vicente Luis Coca Alvarez |
July 27, 1995 |
|
|
Alistair MacDonald |
Counsellor of the Delegation, Office of the Commission of the European Communities in the Philippines |
July 30, 1995 |
|
Keshab Mathema |
UNICEF Representative |
December 20, 1995 |
|
Kevin McGrath |
UN Resident Coordinator UNDP |
September 12, 1996 |
|
Ibrahim Abdul Rahman Al-Mogaisio |
Chrge d’Affaires, a. i. of the State of Qatar |
April 8, 1997 |
|
Ioan Emil Vasiliu |
Ambassador of Romania |
August 11, 1997 |
|
Ilkka Vilho Ruso |
Ambassador of Finland |
August 31, 1997 |
|
Jose Garcia Ghirelli |
Ambassador of Argentina |
September 4, 1997 |
|
Tibisay Urdaneta Troconis |
Ambassador of Venezuela |
November 14, 1997 |
|
Erdinc Erdun |
Ambassador of Turkey |
March 12, 1998 |
|
Jose Maria Alvarez del Manzano y Lopez del Hierro |
May 27, 1998 |
Estrada Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Rudi Schellinck |
Ambassador of Belgium |
August 11, 1998 |
|
Samuel Le Caruyer de Beauvais |
Ambassador of France |
October 7, 1998 |
|
Dr. S. T. Tan |
Regional Director of the World Health Organization, Regional Office for the Western Pacific |
January 6, 1999 |
|
Miles Kupa |
Ambassador of Australia |
January 20, 1999 |
|
Dong Soon Park |
Ambassador of the Republic of Korea |
February 23, 1999 |
|
Sarah Timpson |
Resident Representative, United Nations Development Programme |
April 5, 1999 |
|
John Treleaven |
Ambassador of Canada |
July 2002 |
Arroyo Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Sengchanh Soukhaseum |
Ambassador of Laos |
|
|
Graziella Simbolotti |
Ambassador of Italy |
March 15, 2001 |
|
Wolfgang Jilly |
Ambassador of Austria |
March 16, 2001 |
|
Graeme Charles Waters |
Ambassador of New Zealand |
|
|
Shin Sung-oh |
Ambassador of South Korea |
August 21, 2001 |
|
Enrique Michel |
Ambassador of the United Mexican States |
November 20, 2001 |
|
Yves Gazzo |
Head of the Delegation of the European Commission |
December 10, 2001 |
|
John Edward Buckley |
Ambassador of Australia |
March 18, 2002 |
|
Gilles Chouraqui |
Ambassador of France |
March 26, 2002 |
|
Veka Inal |
Ambassador of Turkey |
May 11, 2002 |
|
Hasan Sarmad |
Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan |
August 23, 2002 |
|
Ahmed Rezk |
Ambassador of Egypt |
August 23, 2002 |
|
Tomas Rodriguez-Pantoja |
Ambassador of Spain |
January 17, 2003 |
|
Dr. Terell Hill |
UNICEF Country Representative |
October 27, 2003 |
|
Jorge Chavez Soto |
Ambassador of Peru |
November 12, 2004 |
|
Jose R. Rodriguez |
Spanish journalist |
January 27, 2004 |
|
Ibrahim Muhanna Al-Muhanna |
Ambassador of Kuwait |
August 26, 2004 |
|
Ernie Bower |
President, US-Philippines Business Council |
September 15, 2004 |
Rank of Maginoo
Marcos Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
James Wilson |
Former Charge d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy |
July 23, 1970 |
|
Henry Lynn Miller, Jr. |
Counsellor for Public Affairs of the American Embassy |
September 15, 1972 |
|
Washington SyCip |
Businessman |
1980 |
|
Dr. Rudolf Graber |
Bishop |
1981 |
Ramos Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Salvador Laurel |
Former Secretary of Foreign Affairs |
June 21, 1996 |
Estrada Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Aditya Vikram Birla (posthumous) |
Consul General of the Philippines in Bombay |
March 2, 2000 |
Arroyo Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Vinay Bhargava |
Country Representative of World Bank |
|
|
Jemal-Ud-Din Kassum |
World Bank Vice-President for Far East, Asia, and the Pacific Region |
March 2, 2000 |
Rank of Maharlika
Magsaysay Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Carlos P. Romulo |
Ambassador to the U.S.A. |
April, 1953 |
Garcia Administration
|
Name |
Position |
Date |
|
Ireneo C. Morales |
July 31, 1957 |
